TOKYO – Given the American media’s penchant for terming any wealthy person remotely connected to the adult entertainment industry a “porn king,” any time I see the term used in a headline, my immediate response is to grimace and shake my head. “Here we go again,” I think to...

WASSERBILLIG, Luxembourg – European sexual wellness company pjur group in September will launch a new line of scented massage lotions free of oil, silicon, grease and water, according to a company statement. The company did not reveal what replaces the common liquids. Products in...

LOS ANGELES – As you have probably heard, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has approved new permit fees for adult video productions, with an initial charge of $1,672 and a renewal fee of $982 every two years thereafter. While I’m sure it wasn’t intentional, the...

By Lynda Arrison “What we are doing here is only the image of what we would like to do.” The Marquis de Sade, an 18th century Larry Flynt-type libertine and crusader for sexual pleasure, hardly could have anticipated the escapisms peddled by 21st century vice merchants — drugs,...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. – The Infiltrator II, a realistic harness and dildo set, is designed and built to accommodate users of any gender. The heavy-duty harness features a dominant and authoritative look with a realistic phallic shape. The Infiltrator II’s shaft and balls are...

PHOENIX – MojoHost founder and owner Brad Mitchell has been around a long time. After breaking into the adult industry in 1999, hosting “a few customers on some servers that I had in the datacenter,” he launched MojoHost in 2002. Since then, he’s watched the industry experience...

LOS ANGELES – If you have followed the evolution of revenge porn as a legal issue, then you’ve probably heard attorneys, activists and victim’s advocates talk about the difficulty of getting justice for victims. Historically, just getting law enforcement to pay attention and...

CHATSWORTH, Calif. – Fantasy Lingerie, a 32-year-old brand devoted to adding romantic spark to the lives of women in every shape and size, has named curvy model and Instagram influencer Kellee Moran the exclusive ambassador for its Curve by Fantasy line. The voluptuous 5-foot-8...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Justice has ended a five-year-old program aimed at reducing commerce in adult entertainment and other “high risk” businesses by choking off the flow of money. Operation Choke Point, launched in 2012 by the DOJ in cooperation with the Federal...

JAKARTA – A little less than nine years ago, the Indonesian Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (“People’s Representative Council”) passed a controversial piece of legislation called the Bill on Pornography, a somewhat watered-down and re-branded version of a previous proposal called the...